I spent my last 7 days of the year 2013 around Munising, Michigan, which is next to the Pictured Rock National Lakeshore along Lake Superior. The main purpose of the trip was to have myself recharged and to get ready for the year 2014. I took photographs during the day and spent the evenings reading …
Fujifilm X-Pro1 + Hexanon 21mm f/2.8 AE
“When you have children, everything that is yours is theirs. But nothing that is theirs is yours.” — Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols, National Geographic Wildlife Photographer, from the Patagonia film Worn Wear
I don’t know what it is. But the fun of photography seems to be coming back.
Once again, I am trying to work towards simplicity. This time the focus is on my photo equipment, and I think I have made a right decision recently, which is to go for a digital medium format camera. At the same time, most of my 35mm format digital and film equipment have to go. My …
Time flies. I’m going into my 13th year in Madison this month. While lots of things changed in my life during the past 12 years, one thing does not seem to have changed. That is, every time I want to simply my life, I only make it more complex. I’m somehow attracted to minimalism, yet …
It’s been a while without taking photos at night. I don’t feel like it’s my thing, but it’s fun to do it once in a while. This was a 2-minute exposure, and I turned off the noise reduction function so that I didn’t have to wait another 2 minutes for the camera to take the …
Having heard good things about Capture One, I finally gave it a try this week and found it dose process images from X-Trans sensor much better than Lightroom does. Different color, in a good way, and much more details. Its interface, however, is not as good as Lightroom’s. I can’t have them all in one …
I decided to reorganize my latest portfolio “Solitude – An Endless Journey” so it now contains five movements. Each movement has its own motif, just like the movements in a sonata or symphony. I would also like to call this particular project a symphographic poem, which is apparently derived from photography and symphonic poem. Although …